Modesty Studios

Exciting day. I've lost 12 lbs of weight and I have noticed that I'm slimming down. I'm working on toning my arms now but I feel like I'm in a good place. I'm going to continue striving to get my weight down but spandex IS on sale this weekend, so before the 5th I intend to re-measure myself and figure out how much fabric I need for the Jumpsuit...which will be stirrup pants and a turtle neck. The only "hurdles" right now are a) I'm also trying to buy a car this week so I expect to be emotionally drained. b) My laptop battery isn't charging so I'm waiting on a new charger. (2nd one for this particular laptop.) And c) Steam Summer Sale. FML. I expect to be gaming a lot. AND sewing plushies. I finished the body for Loyal defender and wings and redid the head. I actually am at the point where I need to sew the head to the body. ...Oh and sew the ears and horn on too. Then make a mane pattern. Then I'll have my big pony plush pillow. ^^ A...

Heh...so I've spent awhile in the ol' planning phase for this. And in that time some of the folks I enjoy watching on YouTube have made builds. EvilTed also provided a (currently) free pattern for the helmet. >_> Which I've downloaded along the with the other one I purchased. -_- Just my luck right? Anywho...as promised back in March I made lots of doodles and plans. Other than Evil Ted and Punished Props I've tried to avoid YouTube tutorials. While I like guidance on some things, I always want to figure it out myself first.  Helmets I've never had luck with...at least no luck finishing. I've had my Inquistor helmet patterned for years but no motivation to finish it. :( Poor Dalish Inquisitor and DA:I Alistair. You shall be avenged...I mean completed. Just Not today.  BING BING...so one of my "pre-reqs" for starting this costume was to lose weight. The good news is I made my first goal of getting down to 150 lbs. Goal 2 is getting dow...

I'm the worst at updating. But summer's coming and for some reason that seems to be getting me into my creative groove again. So I think it's almost been a year but I'm still working on my Pony OC plushies. I'm happy to say that I've finished the first "body" of a pony. She still needs a mane and tail, but here's Willow Wisp. The wings are velcroed on so I can interchange them with open wings. The eyes and cutie marks were hand embroidered. ...Yeah...I have to find a better way to do that.  And luckily  I think I have. I found a video that suggested printing on felt which is something I may try. (I did an experiment on batting and it worked decently well.) Which will help speed up the process on other ponies. Seriously, hand embroidering make-up eyes...So much work.  I've taken apart my old Rough Edges pony and recut him in proper minky. He's the other one I had nearly finished but now I have to start over with. :P  ...

So I usually buy Kamui Cosplay' s books when they come out. I find them very helpful and since I get PDF versions, fairly priced. The newest addition is about sewing . As much as I'd like to think I'm old hat when it comes to sewing, I can always learn something new. For me, the fabric reference alone was worth the price. Deciding what fabric to use is my challenge. Although to be fair...sergers while great, totally optional. Just more work sure but yeah. They have a section on making leggings which I'll be doing in my next cosplay. The book helped me decide between Lycra (spandex) or Jersey knit. I LOVE my jersey knits recently as I've a bunch of it around for clothes I wanted to sew. (But never got around too yet.) She carries the books of other authors as well of which I also usually purchase.  For those who care...on my virtual bookshelf I have: The Book of Cosplay sewing (new!) Advanced Painting – Airbrush & Weathering The Book of Cosplay ...

So after watching the newest remake of Voltron and LOVING the paladin armor, one of the first thoughts I had after watching the show was..."I have to cosplay this." I've been holding off the "official start" for the project as I've been deep into researching and planning. And for awhile I wasn't sure which paladin to choose. Ended up with Pidge because green is my favorite color of the current color palate. And the only official female on the team. Downside is...all the characters (save for Hunk) are way skinnier than I am. Another reason I've held off cosplaying for awhile is I've got too much gut and Spanxx can only hold so much for so long before becoming very painful.  So phase 1 is weight loss.  I want more energy which the extra 20lbs I carry around is not helping with. SO...no it's not JUST the costume that's prompting the weight loss, but it's a nice motivation. I've done a lot of break-downs of the costume its...

Artist Turian - in love with exploration of art in other cultures. Dance is her favorite art form. She also paints. Name: Perpeta Ignalus Originally from the Oma Ker Colony, now lives in the Citadel where she can mingle with many different species. Skills: Hand to hand fighting Age: 27 Service Years: finished boot camp, spent time assisting ambassadors at the Citadel. Veritus Luccedus (Turian Boyfriend) Maeli'Jaedal nar Yaama (Quarian Dancer) Crafty Historian - an adventurous archaeologist and collector of rare artifacts. Good at recreating historical garb and some objects. Enjoys teaching cultural history. Name: Caelia Hilaraka Homeworld: Palaven Travels Often Other skills: Pistols, Tech (new and old), piloting Age: 32 Sister to Perpeta.

Visor Thoughts Since making my Quarian/Tali helmet two years ago (Gawd...it's been two years), I've learned quite a bit but this video...made me happy mad. Happy because it's a great resource for making a visor and mad because back in the day I had this mask and used it as a buck model for petg plastic. :( All along I could have used this chrome mirror mask, used some model lacquer tinted paint and krylon crystal clear finish. Life's not fair. But on the plus side, I share this with you should you have a visor delemna on your costume project. The video is unclear on how to tint it but in the comments I found mention of airbrush painting or laquer. So still have the same issues for coloring.  As you may have surmised from my lack of cosplay posts that I've taken a break from cosplay for a couple of reasons. Depression the creativity killer. Just losing interest in going to cons which seems to be the only place to cosplay.  Want to lose weight. Also a p...